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My work here is released under a Creative Commons BY-NC 3.0 NZ LicensePrior to May 2012, posts were back-dated to the time of their original pen-and-paper Diary entries and podcasts were given arbitrary dates so as to fit in a nice 'reading order' on the front page. It really was terribly confusing, eventually. Sincere apologies for the philosophy-headaches which resulted.
I'm still committed to back-filling the gap between the actual Diary and the blog, I've just stopped mucking with the dates and will occasionally intersperse much-more-recent 'topical' stuff when my journalistic impulses overtake my historian slowness.
My views are entirely my own, though anyone is more than welcome to agree with me.
Tag Archives: Diary pages
Crafty Beggars
It is, apparently, Brandwank Monsoon Season. At least I won’t suffer for material.1 As was spotted by the eagle eye of Dominic (from Hashigo Zake) some months ago in the Trademark Registry, “Crafty Beggars” is a new brand / imprint / … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandwank, Diary pages, from New Zealand, Lager, Pale ale, tasted November 2012, Wheat
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Dieu du Ciel! ‘Rigor Mortis’ Abt and Invercargill ‘Men’n Skurrts’
Back when I was less behind in my posting of Diary entries — before I reached a full-calendar-year transcendental state of lateness — there were frequent strange moments of sitting in the sun writing about a moody winter beer, or vice versa.1 But … Continue reading
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Tagged Ale, Belgian ale, Diary pages, from Canada, from New Zealand, tasted July 2011
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Croucher ‘Double D’ and Raindogs ‘Apothecary’
It is, for some reason, traditional that here in Wellington trans-Tasman flights arrive Eastward around midnight and depart Westward just before sunrise. I suppose it makes its own kind of sense, but it does mandate some bleary-eyed mornings and lead … Continue reading
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Tagged Ale, Diary pages, from New Zealand, Pale ale, tasted June 2012
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Liberty / Galbraith’s ‘Yakima Monster’
That right there is a real contender to win the Outstanding Achievement of Awesomeness in Tap Badge Design award.1 It’s fair to say the craft beer scene in our little nation punches well above its weight, but it’s worth also … Continue reading
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Tagged Diary pages, from New Zealand, Irrelevancies, Pale ale, tasted June 2012
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8 Wired ‘Saison Sauvin’
This’ll make three posts in a row from that neglected mid-to-late-2011 patch of the Diary that I’ve resolved not to let rust completely. But this one, at least — or “unfortunately”, if that’s what you were here for1 — will be … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgian ale, Diary pages, from New Zealand, tasted July 2011
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Hofbräu Maibock (and the gdmfing Reinheitsgebot)
Beer first, rant second. It was a favourite rant, back when I was bartending, but for once I should go beer first. And despite the seemingly-faint praise in my notes, I really did quite like this one. That garish and … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandwank, Diary pages, from Germany, Lager, tasted July 2011
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DB ‘Export Beer’
To re-cap, almost cretainly unnecessarily: beer has alcohol in it, alcohol is massively regulated and subject to substantial taxes, and the vast bulk of beer on the market is made by a few giant companies (themselves usually part of sprawling industry … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandwank, Diary pages, from New Zealand, Lager
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Left Coast ‘The Wedge’
It appears I might have “Black IPA” on the brain. Or hoppy porter, at least — the question of whether the one is the other is an enjoyable piece of modern beer taxonomy for me to ponder as I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Diary pages, from the United States, Pale ale, Porter, tasted May 2012
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The Fourth of July (Last Year)
One of the genuinely-many delightful things about celebrating “occasion beers” keyed to non-local occasions is that the magic of timezones can grant you quite a bit more time — in case you’d like to keep the party going, or just if … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgian ale, Diary pages, from New Zealand, from the United States, Fruit beer, Pale ale, Photogenic, Porter, tasted July 2011
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